BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Sum Up 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sum Up 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.6% average, from 1,469 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 70.0%
2008
lowest-passing year · 63.7%
6.3pp
spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2009 (70.0% of 557 tests). Lowest: 2008 (63.7% of 710). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

62%67%71%2008: 63.7% pass (710 tests)2009: 70.0% pass (557 tests)2010: 67.5% pass (169 tests)200820092010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (66.6%)
2008 710 63.7% -2.9 pp
2009 557 70.0% +3.4 pp
2010 169 67.5% +0.9 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2011–2019
56%66%75%2011: 60.4% pass (149 tests)2012: 69.6% pass (257 tests)2013: 72.3% pass (267 tests)2014: 64.0% pass (225 tests)2015: 63.0% pass (189 tests)2016: 69.9% pass (146 tests)2017: 66.4% pass (113 tests)2018: 66.1% pass (62 tests)2019: 59.6% pass (52 tests)20112019

Questions

Which Sum Up 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Sum Up 125 overall (66.6%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 63.7% from 710 tests.
Which Sum Up 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 70.0% of 557 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Sum Up 125 pass rate vary by year?
6.3 percentage points between the highest (2009, 70.0%) and lowest (2008, 63.7%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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